2017 Match Week and SOAPÂ® Schedule - NRMP

2017 Match Week and SOAP® Schedule All times are Eastern Time | All information available in R3 system Report releases for schools, programs, and institutions highlighted in blue

MAR

10:30 a.m.

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School officials access Unmatched Applicants Report (embargoed until 11:00 a.m.) 

View SOAP toolkit for Applicants and Schools

Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) begins 11:00 a.m.

Applicants learn if they matched via email and the R3® system. SOAP-eligible unmatched and partially matched applicants have access to the List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system. SOAP applicants are encouraged to consult with their medical school advisors 

View SOAP toolkit for Applicants and Schools

Programs learn if they filled via email and the R3 system 

View SOAP toolkit for Programs and Institutions

Schools receive List of Unfilled Programs via email and the R3 system Regional Match Statistics report available to all registered users 2:00 p.m.

SOAP applicants can start preparing and sending applications in the AAMC ERAS® system 

3:00 p.m.

Programs can begin viewing SOAP applications in the AAMC ERAS system and contacting applicants upon receipt of an application 

MAR

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11:30 a.m.

Applicants and their representatives CANNOT communicate with a program until contacted by that program

NO offers or commitments are allowed outside of the R3 system

Programs begin creating SOAP preference lists in the R3 system 

Programs continue to communicate with SOAP applicants

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Applicants greyed out in the R3 system search are unavailable for the program

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Applicants do not submit a preference list for SOAP

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MAR

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SOAP Round 1 11:55 a.m.

Program preference list certification deadline for Round 1 offers

12:00 p.m.

Applicants begin receiving offers by logging in to the R3 system. Applicants accept or reject offer(s) once all offers have been generated

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Rejected offers will not be made again to the same applicant

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Program positions rejected by applicants will NOT be issued to other potential candidates until the start of the next offer round

Schools begin viewing the SOAP Schools Report (updated in real time) to track students/graduates 2:00 p.m.

Applicant deadline to accept or reject Round 1 offers in R3 system

2:05 p.m.

List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system for SOAP-eligible applicants

SOAP Round 2

MAR

2:55 p.m.

Program deadline to modify and re-certify preference list before Round 2, if needed

3:00 p.m.

Applicants begin receiving offers in the R3 system

5:00 p.m.

Applicant deadline to accept or reject Round 2 offers

5:05 p.m.

List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system for SOAP-eligible applicants

8:00 a.m.

Confidential Advance Data Tables posted to R3 system for schools, programs, and institutions

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Schools begin viewing confidential Match results reports and print Match notification letters

SOAP Round 3 8:55 a.m.

Program deadline to modify and re-certify preference list before Round 3, if needed

9:00 a.m.

Applicants begin receiving offers in the R3 system

11:00 a.m.

Applicant deadline to accept or reject Round 3 offers

SOAP ends Programs can create positions for partially matched applicants to establish a full course of training


12:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Match Day! MAR

List of Unfilled Programs accessible from R3 system left menu bar and updated by NRMP to include unfilled programs not participating in SOAP 

ALL Applicants who are unmatched or partially matched have access to List of Unfilled Programs. Programs not participating in SOAP can be contacted by unmatched or partially-matched applicants, including applicants who were not SOAP-eligible

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Programs can update the List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system as remaining unfilled positions are filled. Programs that will not fill positions can enter zero as the number of current unfilled positions to remove the program from the List of Unfilled Programs

Programs begin viewing their Confidential Roster of Matched Applicants report available via email and the R3 system

12:00 p.m.

Medical school Match Day ceremonies

1:00 p.m.

Applicants learn the location of program(s) to which they matched via email and in the R3 system

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Advance Data Tables available at www.nrmp.org 2:00 p.m.

Match Outcome for All Programs by State report available to all registered users Programs begin viewing Match Results by Ranked Applicant and SOAP Programs Preferred Applicants reports
